Chasing Sleep
It is crucial to re-work our school day to create an environment in which students can sleep well and finish the race for sleep.
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December 14, 2020
How an Unplanned Action Research Project and a Small Dose of Vulnerability Led to Better Student-Teacher Relationships and Joy in the Classroom
Having a classroom built on trusting relationships that accepted that failure could be a part of learning led all of us to be more vulnerable and to take more risks. And this, in turn, led me to feel more comfortable letting go of more control to add more joy into the classroom.
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December 10, 2020
The Science of Forgetting and the Art of Remembering (Part II)
It turns out, perhaps the most compelling data to support spacing and interleaving is not quantitative at all. Instead, it is the qualitative feedback from students and teachers.
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October 29, 2020
Developing Students’ Voices: An Intricate Part of a Student’s Lifelong Learning, Self-Confidence, and Advancement
I challenge each educator to remind students that they have the autonomy to voice whatever is on their mind because their perspective is valued and needed.
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October 8, 2020
Dialing Down Stress Without Dumbing Down My Class
Changing a schedule is a large scale effort. What was I doing on a smaller scale in my physics class to combine rigor and well-being, strategies that could be done by any teacher without asking permission?
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September 3, 2020
Emotion and Cognition: Creating a Positive Classroom Culture
There are two integral questions that teachers often overlook but need to ask themselves as they head into the school year: how do I want my classroom to feel and what steps can I take to create this feeling in my learning space?
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July 30, 2020